So I'll say good-night." He laughed lightly, pressed the hands of his partners in his usual hearty fashion, and went out of the room, leaving the gloom a little deeper than before.

It was so unusual for Barker to be the first to leave anybody or anything in trouble that they both noticed it.

"But for that," said Demorest, turning to Stacy as the door closed, "I should say the dear fellow was absolutely unchanged.

But he seemed a little anxious to-night." "I shouldn't wonder.

He's got two women on his mind,--as if one was not enough." "I don't understand.